Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital Dr. Peter Hotez shares his thoughts on changes to the U.S. childhood ...

Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest health threats we face today. It's often blamed on the overuse of antibiotics, and for a good reason. But there's another major factor quietly driving this ...

We share the world and our bodies with microorganisms, and the ones that live in our gut exert a significant impact on our physiology. Scientists have been learning more about the effects of different ...

According to the World Health Organization, globally, rotaviruses are the biggest reason why young children get diarrhea. It's estimated that 215,000 children younger than five die every year from ...

Partnering the right vaccine with sanitation and hygiene measures can head off a lot of headaches in your farrowing space.

A new paradigm of rotavirus disease is emerging and rotavirus infection is no longer considered to be localized and confined to the GI tract. New evidence indicates that rotavirus infection is ...

Rotavirus infection may play a role in the development of type 1 diabetes, according to a new article. Rotavirus infection may play a role in the development of type 1 diabetes, according to a front ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Results of a study provide evidence that repeated rotavirus infections may increase the risk of celiac disease in genetically susceptible children. The finding hints that ...

Rotavirus causes severe dehydrating diarrhea in infants and young children, contributing to more than 128,500 deaths per year globally despite widespread vaccination efforts. Although rotavirus is ...

This is one of the few studies performed in either pediatric or adult settings that has demonstrated continued increases in hand hygiene and corresponding decreases in hospital-associated infection ...

A research team from the University of Valencia has carried out a study of infection and immunity markers by detecting antibodies in the blood of 7 different genotypes of the rotavirus VP8 protein, ...